Flexible date membership option
The CMPA offers membership based on flexible start dates. Payment may be made for a membership period of one month that does not coincide with a calendar month. This provides greater flexibility for locums requiring liability protection for a one-month period that spans two calendar months, as well as for members who work occasional locums and residents or clinical fellows who perform electives or moonlight occasionally.
Eligible physicians pay a fee based on monthly blocks from the actual start date. The one-month block is calculated from the start date of any given month until the same date the following month, less one day. For example, a one-month block would be December 15 to January 14. In this case, the fee is based on the rate for the month of the start date, that is, December. An example of a two-month block would be from February 14 to April 13.
To request this payment option, please update your Protection information in the member portal or contact the CMPA. You will need to provide the following information:
- Province or territory
- Type of work
- Period of work (exact dates)
- Licensing information
You can use the flexible date membership option as often as you wish. Method of payment must be monthly pre-authorized debit. CMPA debits your monthly fee on the 20th of the initiating month and subsequent months if applicable. If your membership starts when the billing deadline has already passed, your bank account will be debited on the 20th day of the following month.
First-time applicants must pay for a minimum of one flexible month in the first calendar year.
The flexible date option does not apply to interruptions in membership.
